Cacowards 2019

The 2019 Cacowards is the sixteenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2019. It was written by Andrew Stine (Linguica), Boris Klimeš (dew), Demon of the Well, Major Arlene, Not Jabba, rd, Marisa Lago, and Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve). There were ten runners-up.

Winners

 * Eviternity - Joshua O'Sullivan (Dragonfly) et al. -
 * Verdant Citadel - Dennis Meuwissen (Exl) -
 * Paradise - Tango -
 * Hell-Forged - Eric Ou (Amuscaria) -
 * Finely Crafted Fetish Film - Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks) -
 * Hocus Pocus Doom - Fletcher` -
 * Shotgun Symphony - Steve Duff -
 * Lost Civilization - Jaakko Impola (Jaska) -
 * Remnant - Aurelius -
 * The Wayfarer - Not Jabba -

Runners-up

 * Infraworld - The Hatehammer - StormCatcher.77 -
 * Lunar Catastrophe - Samantha McNallen (Miss Bubbles) and Derek Pierson (Count651) -
 * The Slaughter Spectrum - Bridgeburner56 -
 * Darkest Room - Paul977 -
 * DBP16: Cyb's Freaky Colonoscopy - Big Ol' Billy et al. -
 * Alienated - Michal Kurowski (Lorenzo) -
 * Doom Zero - Christopher Golden (DASI-I) -
 * Entropy - Nirvana -
 * SIGIL - John Romero - (Official website)
 * Doom 3: Phobos - Team Future - (Official website)

Multiplayer award

 * 32in24-17: 3 Flags 3 Furious - YEDS -
 * Neon Deathmatch - Mechanix Union -

Gameplay mod awards

 * Doom 4 Vanilla - Thales Lari (Noiser) et al. -
 * Lt. Typhon - Skelegant -
 * NAKU-NARU - Naku Team -

Codeaward

 * Doom Neural Upscale 2X - hidfan et al. -

Mordeth award

 * Sonic Robo Blast 2 - Sonic Team Junior - (Official website)

Machaward

 * Mikoportal - Mikolah -

Spaceship of Theseus

 * Hedon - Zan - (GOG.com/Steam)

Most promising newcomers

 * Aurelius
 * Bridgeburner56
 * Samantha McNallen (Miss Bubbles) & Derek Pierson (Count651)
 * elend
 * RustyGold
 * NoReason
 * depr4vity

Creator of the Year

 * Ola Björling (ukiro)

Espi award

 * James Paddock (Jimmy)